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(No Model.)

. S. H. HOGGSON.

STAND, TABLE, OR ANALOGOUS ARTICLE. No. 520,430. Patented May 29, 1894.

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OF ONE-HALF TO STAND, TABLE, 0R ANALOGOUS ARTICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,430, dated May 29,1894. Application filed March 6, 1893. Serial No. 464,886- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. HOGGSON, of St. Louis, Missouri, have madea new and useful Improvement in Standsor Analogous Structures, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The improved construction under consideratlon may be regarded a stand,table, or analogous article, in itself or it may be considered thesubstructure or support for the top or other superstructure of a stand,table, or analogous construction, or, again, as an uprlght receptaclefor various articles, merchandise, or apparatus, and which can be simplyheld or stored within the receptacle, or whlch, on the otherhand, may beauxiliary to, or connected with, some other construction, apparatus, ordevice of which 7 the present stand may be the support or frame. Theconstruction is desirable also on account of its llghtness,portableness, and cheapness, and its knock-down feature, allsubstantially as is hereinafter set forth and claimed, aided by theannexed drawings, making part of this specification, in wl1ioh- Figure lis a side elevation of the improved construction; Fig. 2 a plan of theupper end thereof; Fig. 3 a vertical central section, upon an enlargedscale; Fig. 4. a horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Fig 3; Fig. 5 ahorizontal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, omitting the block orfilling-piece at the lower end of the column.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

The construction, generally considered comprises a base, A, and acolumn, B, which is supported upon and detachably connected with thebase. The base may be of any suitable style and dimensions so long as itis adapted to receive and support the column. Its preferable form isshown, it being that of an inverted dish and circular in outline. Thebase has a socket, a, to receive the column, and it is perforated at a,to receive a fastening bolt, 0, used in uniting the column to the base.The column, B, is mainly a tubular part b, externally reinforced at itsends and provided with means for connecting it with the base.Saidreinforcements are preferably in the form of rings, b, and b theupper one of which, in addition to strengthening it serves to adapt thepart b to receive or support any superstructure, for instance the top,D, shown in broken lines in Fig. 1. The part b is composed of an innertube, 12 of paper, and an outer tube of wood I). The outer tube inpractice is in the nature of a veneer, and it is closely fittedandfastcned, as by 'ce menting it, to the inner tube. The two parts, 19and b thus mutually strengthen each other, and the part, b in that it iscapable of being made from almost any Wood, and finished in anypreferred style, serves not only to protect the tube, 5 from abrasionand from moisture, but also to readily impart a desirable appearance tothe structure. The bands are usually of metal, and they are fittedsnugly onto the part b, and the lower band b is provided preferably withan inwardlyturned flange b which when the parts are put together comesagainst the lower end of the combined tubes b b, and the upper band I),may have a similarly-turned flange 12 to come against the upper end ofthe tubes, and lugs 6 to provide for attaching any superstructure, suchas the top D, all substantially as shown. Within the part b, at thelower end thereof, is arranged a disk, block, cross-piece, or otherpart, D, which serves partly to strengthen the structure and partly toassist in connecting the column with the base. The preferable form ofthe part in question is the one shown. It is preferably of wood and itis made to fully occupy the lower end of the tube 19, and thus to form abottom for the tube, and it is supported in position more especially byallowing it to rest upon a cross bar, b which forms part of the band 19and additional fastenings such as the nails, b, which are driven throughthe shell of the tube 1) and into the disk, may be used. The bolt 0passes through the disk, the cross-piece b and the top of the base andthe columnis thereby thoroughly secured to the base, substantially asshown. But by loosening the nut c of the bolt the column can at once bedetached from the base. This enables the columns and the bases to beshipped separately, the bases being nested together and the columnspacked by themselves.

I desire not to be restricted to any special A stand whose column istubular and having in its lower end a cross bar 17*, and the block Dcombined with the base A, socket-ed :5 at a, and the fastening bolt G,substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 14th day of Deoember, 1892.

SAMUEL n. HOGGSON.

Witnesses:

C. D. MOODY, A. BONVILLE.

